Well, from the other camp, it seems pretty clear that several major indexes, including the U.K.’s FTSE, the Dow and the Russell 2000, are overbought. No doubt, there’s plenty of fodder to support the notion that this bull has a few bloody barbed sticks dangling from its shoulders. Yet here we are, set for another uptick.

So far, the average stock that has reported earnings this season has tacked on 1.07% on the day of its results, and that’s a “very high” number, according to Bespoke Investment Group. Here’s a list of some of the bigger movers.

The chart of the day: ChessNWine on the iBankCoin blog says GE
/quotes/zigman/227468/quotes/nls/geGE “brings a good chart to life.” Here’s his technical case for why this stock, which has been “in a secular bear of its own since 2000,” is poised to take out $35 a share if it can manage to break down its resistance.

Random reads: Two-thirds of geeks prefer real women to computer-generated characters. It turns out that 2.5D, “the intersection of reality and fantasy,” is a distant third behind 2D and 3D. Read more about otaku tastes.

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